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What are the main causes of a low ovarian reserve?

By Sergio Rogel Cayetano M.D. (gynecologist).
Last Update: 09/23/2022

The most common cause of a women's low egg count is age. This cause is physiological, unavoidable and increasing, since for socio-cultural reasons women are having children at a later age.

There are many others, either because the patient did not generate enough oocytes in her embryonic stage (genetic causes) or because of damage to the ovary (infection, ovarian torsion, endometriosis, surgery, radio or chemotherapy, etc...). These are more infrequent and usually require specialized centers for diagnosis, being equally irreversible today.

 Sergio Rogel Cayetano
Sergio Rogel Cayetano
M.D.
Gynecologist
Bachelor's Degree in Medicine from the Miguel Hernández University of Elche. Specialist in Obstetrics & Gynecology via M. I. R. at Hospital General de Alicante. He become an expert in Reproductive Medicine by working at different clinics of Alicante and Murcia, in Spain, until he joined the medical team of IVF Spain back in 2011.
License: 03-0309100
Gynecologist. Bachelor's Degree in Medicine from the Miguel Hernández University of Elche. Specialist in Obstetrics & Gynecology via M. I. R. at Hospital General de Alicante. He become an expert in Reproductive Medicine by working at different clinics of Alicante and Murcia, in Spain, until he joined the medical team of IVF Spain back in 2011. License: 03-0309100.